Amitābha

[ uh-mi-tah-buh ]

/ ˌʌ mɪˈtɑ bə /

Amida.

Example sentences from the Web for amitabha

After the decease, Amitabha clothes himself in the body of a newly born boy, and the difficulty is to discover where this boy is.

Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) |Sven Hedin
Whatever others may say of me I will recite sutras kneeling before Amitabha Buddha.

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan |Various
Amitabha is the Sanskrit of Amida, or the deification of boundless light.

The Religions of Japan |William Elliot Griffis
The earthly shell in which the soul of Amitabha lives on through time!

Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) |Sven Hedin

Amitabha

/ (ˌamiˈtɑbə) /

Buddhism (in Pure Land sects) a Bodhisattva who presides over a Pure Land in the west of the universe Japanese name: Amida

Sanskrit, literally: immeasurable light, from amita infinite + ābhā light